Chapter 203: The Opening
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At the beginning of the season, Li Dong did not blindly and easily sign the sneaker contract and waited for the price to sell. By the middle of the season, he had gained fame and recognition for his strength, and he was awarded a contract no less than the one Durant signed with Nike that year. The award setting in terms of contract details is beyond ordinary people's imagination.
He's suddenly become an upper-middle-class player who earns more than most NBA players, and he's still just a rookie.
When Porzingis found out, he sighed all the time.
"Why is your life so good, my God, more than 10 million, the salary of an All-Star level player is just so much!"
"After all, the local tyrant ......" Wiggins was also indignant, pulling Li Dong to ask for a treat.
After a few people made a fuss for a while, the head coach pinched the time and beckoned everyone to the stadium. The group got up from their chairs and walked out of the locker room. Li Dong, Moodier, Wiggins and Porzingis are a bunch, Lyles and Neto are two Jazz teammates together, and the remaining Jokic, Bojandanovic, Powell and Capela are all chatting each other, but they are not familiar with each other.
In the Air Canada Centre gymnasium, the pre-Rookie Challenge was pretty much done.
When the 18 players in the rookie game entered the arena one by one, the applause became even more enthusiastic.
"Hey, Devon." Li Dong shook hands with Booker and said hello.
"Hey, Li, your kid has become handsome again, it's really unreasonable." Booker is also very talkative, and the two have fought several times, so they are relatively familiar.
"Where's it, obviously you're more handsome." Li Dong laughed.
The two chatted a few more words, and Li Dong greeted the players of the American team one by one.
Peyton: "I'm going to win today!" ”
Li Dong: "Come on, boy, maybe you can win a rookie challenge MVP!" ”
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On the sidelines, Joe Thomas and Xing Jinwen sat together and chatted, and Xing Jinwen knew a lot about Li Dong working alone in this foreign country from Joe Thomas's mouth.
The camera was given to Li Dong, who was being introduced by the DJ, and on the big screen high in the sky at the scene, there were highlights of Li Dong's highlights in the first half of the season, such as straight-arm block Kobe, whistle defeat Lakers, etc. Finally, Li Dong's average data as of the All-Star Weekend appeared at the bottom of the broadcast camera.
?“ 21.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks. DJ broadcast Li Dong's data word for word, and at the same time, Li Dong's amazing shooting rate - 47.8 percent per game, 36.9 percent three-point shooting, and 86.2 percent free throw shooting rate!
Li Dong smiled at the audience and waved to the audience. Screams, whistles and cheers are all in one.
On the front row side, Li Dong saw Xing Jinwen wearing his No. 1 magic jersey, Xing Jinwen also turned his gaze at this time, the two met in the air in tacit understanding, Li Dong smiled and waved his hand, Xing Jinwen enthusiastically made a flying kiss action, but after doing it, she shy retracted her hand, and the action was very fast.
"Wow!" Li Dong's head slammed, and his body felt full of energy all of a sudden.
Then came the introduction of the players of the American team, and it was not until the camera of Downs appeared that there were more enthusiastic cheers than Li Dong for the first time.
"Averaged 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game."
Except for the score is a little shabby, in any other aspect, they have achieved the ultimate among the inside players, at least according to this data, to compete for the best rookie, no one will say that they are not qualified,
One of the three referees is a female referee hired by the WNBA, which is also a small gimmick.
After messing up a lot of opening ceremonies, Li Dong took off his coat and revealed the golden No. 1 jersey of the international team.
Players from the international team are required to play with gold jerseys, while players from the U.S. team are required to play with silver jerseys.
Jordan Clarkson, Marcus Smart, Zach LaVine, Jabari Parker and Karl Anthony Towns make up the second-year starting lineup. On the bench, Russell, Booker, Okafor, Hood and Payton were seated.
Without any further grinding, the game began at the whistle.
Porzingis pressed Downs' half palm and picked the ball across his own half, Jokic reached for it, grabbed the ball, and then passed it to Moodier behind him.
The rookie first-year team roared through the halfway, and it looked like the five were much bigger than the sophomores.
TNT host Barkley immediately laughed, "The five rookie first-year players are like five calves, haha, while the second-year players are more like bamboo poles, which is quite difficult, after a year of training, they are not as good as the new first-year players in the league." ”
Li Dong and Moodier don't have a deep relationship, they compete with each other, and he thinks that in the first wave of attacks, Moodier should come by himself.
Unexpectedly, after he reached 45 degrees, Moodier directly let go and distributed the ball to him.
"Huh?" Li Dong was stunned, didn't he want the honor of MVP of this rookie game?
At this time, Smart, who was defending him, looked absent-minded, and he was a step away from him. Li Dong's perennial conditioned reflex is a three-point shot when he jumps.
Smart only reached out at this time and pretended to defend, but he couldn't even cover Li Dong's chin.
The three-pointer was like a long-range cannonball, hitting the basket with precision...... of the edges.
With a crisp iron click, Joe Thomas clenched his fists and was just about to cheer Li Dong when he sat down stupidly.
"Ouch, old man, calm down." Xing Jinwen smiled and pressed Thomas.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Countrymen don't often watch the game live, and they are a little excited. Old man Qiao said solemnly.
The defensive strength of the rookie game is simply not a grade for NBA players who are used to playing the regular season, and the essence of the exhibition game is performance-based, and the empty slam dunk is the main melody of this kind of game.
The U.S. team grabbed the rebound and defended the counterattack, and LaVine threw it casually and Towns completed the empty catch.
The tempo of the two teams was fast, and Moodier pushed forward through halfcourt, easily broke past Clarkson, dodged a crotch dribble in the face of Parker's interference, and then leaned over to score a layup.
LaVine scored on a driving layup.
Jokic hits a mid-range jumper.
Immediately afterwards, Clarkson juggled the ball without looking at the person and wanted to share it into the hands of the inside Towns, but was cut off by a white hand stretched diagonally!
Nikola Jokic!
After Jokic stealed, he dribbled behind a dashing back and began to dribble forward, his ball handling ability was strong, and the basketball was not unstable in his hands at all. At this time, Li Dong, who reacted very quickly, had already rushed past the three-point line, and as soon as Jokic reached the three-point line, he threw the ball directly!
Li Dong flew into the air, and the distance from the ground was more than an ordinary waist.
He took the basketball with both hands in the air, and as soon as he pulled his arm back, there was a downward trajectory of smashing the basket and swinging, and the smashed basket made a roaring sound with a "bang".
"That's a good story!" Li Dong was surprised, Jokic's passing timing, technique, angle and strength were just right, and he was too comfortable to receive the ball.
"Hey, little thing." The corners of Jokic's mouth curled, and he reached out to high-five Li Dong.
The media camera clicked wildly, and you can imagine how precious the record would be if both of them became superstars ten years from now.